London Marathon 2008

Five members were in action in the Flora London Marathon this year, all achieving tremendous times. The first of the two Official Club places had gone to Simon Grant who was running the distance for the first time. Grant had a fantastic run, finishing in a tremendous time of 3hrs 12mins and 36secs, a time good enough for 6^th M18 overall, an absolutely outstanding achievement in his first marathon. Carol Willgoose, running with the club’s second official number, ran a remarkable 3hrs 38mins 2secs, despite being injured for the last few weeks. Alan Lucas, a veteran of very many London Marathons, ran his usual extremely steady race, finishing in 3hrs 43mins 36secs, an almost identical time to two years ago, proving he is right back to form. Pete Smith, running London for the second time, took an astounding 25 minutes off his previous best for the distance; finishing in 3hrs 51mins 48secs well up in the top 25 per cent of finishers. Allison Guillemin also achieved a personal best time for the distance, by over four minutes, with a superb time of 4hrs 16mins 39secs, another wonderful time, especially considering the horrendous weather conditions on the day.

Members are reminded that applications for the 2009 Flora London Marathon will only be accepted on-line and only the first 120,000 entries will be entered into the ballot. Entries are now being accepted on www.london-marathon.co.uk

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London Marathon 2007

Of the Harriers who travelled to London this year, a number were tackling the distance for the first time. First Harrier home in his first ever marathon, was Keith Elliott in a fantastic time of 4 hours and 37 seconds, an outstanding debut time considering the temperatures on the day. Next home was seasoned campaigner Robert Spotswood, completing the course in 4hrs 7mins 22secs. Dave Edwards, running with one of the Club’s two guaranteed places, had an outstanding run, finishing in a wonderful 4hrs 14mins 21secs, not far ahead of another debutant Peter Smith, who ran an equally impressive 4hrs 16mins 17secs, again superb times given the conditions. Alison Guillemin, running with the club’s second guaranteed place, this year dressed as a schoolgirl, bur still managed an extremely respectful time of 4hrs 39mins 46secs.

Time to think about next year already!

The rules for applying for one of the Club's Guaranteed places will be as follows;

You must;

1) Be a fully paid up first-claim member of Abergele Harriers.

2) Have attended 15 Wednesday training sessions between January 2007 and December 2007.

3) Have applied, and been rejected for the 2008 race.

Get training!